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Haymans Green
Studio album by
Released16 September 2008 (2008-09-16)
RecordedThe Casbah Coffee Club Studios, Liverpool, England, 2006 (2006)–2008 (2008)
GenrePop rock
Length35:25
LabelLightyear Music
ProducerRoag Best, Phil Melia, Paul Parry
Singles from Haymans Green
  1. "Gone"
    Released: 16 September 2008
Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic[1]

Haymans Green is a 2008 album by the Pete Best Band, released by Lightyear Entertainment and distributed in the US and Canada by EMI. Pete Best plays drums, and co-wrote most of the tracks. Reviews of the album have been mostly favourable, and have described the sound as being influenced by the Beatles with whom Best played between 1960 and 1962.

The album's cover shows the section of the Hamburg-era photograph of the Beatles featuring Best's face that was removed as part of the collage design for the Beatles' Anthology 1 album.[2]

Hayman's Green is the street in West Derby, Liverpool, where Best's mother Mona ran the Casbah Coffee Club.[3]

Track listing

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All tracks written by Pete Best, Roag Best, Phil Melia and Paul Parry, except where noted.

Haymans Green track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Come With Me"Roag Best, Phil Melia, Paul Parry[4]2:23
2."Step Outside" 3:57
3."Round and Around" 2:38
4."Grey River" 3:18
5."Gone" 2:34
6."Dream Me Home" 3:47
7."Everything I Want"R. Best, Melia, Parry3:37
8."Beat Street"R. Best, Melia, Parry2:05
9."Broken" 3:56
10."Red Light" 4:01
11."Hayman's Green" 3:04
Total length:35:25

Personnel

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  • Pete Best – drums
  • Roag Best – drums, percussion
  • Tony Flynn – guitar, backing vocals, lead vocal on 4, second lead vocal on 9[5]
  • Phil Melia  – guitar, harmonica, backing vocals, lead vocal on 3
  • Paul Parry – guitar, piano, keyboards, lead vocals on all tracks except 3/4/8, backing vocals

Engineers – Nic Johnston and Kenny Jones

References

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  1. ^ Haymans Green at AllMusic
  2. ^ "Far Out Meets: Pete Best, re-connecting with the "forgotten Beatle"". Far Out Magazine. 25 January 2020.
  3. ^ Lewisohn, Mark (1992). The complete Beatles chronicles. New York: Harmony Books. p. 358. ISBN 9780517581001. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  4. ^ First Pete Best album with original songs, "Haymans Green," announced. The songwriting credits in the CD package list both Pete & Roag as simply "Best," and thus don't make it clear which one actually co-wrote tracks 1, 7 & 8.
  5. ^ RadioRockonTour review